and a tug-of-war over the horizon about education funding. is it going to pit urban schools against urban schools? first, there's no way to get around it, the top story, 49ers are going to the nfc championship game after beating the green bay packers last night in san francisco. >> they were down early and then came back. the quarterback run for 181 yards. that was an nfl record. a 56-yard dash to the end zone in the third quarter for the 49ers in front for good. final score niners 45-packers -- 45, packers -- they kicked 82 spectators out of the stadium and another 25 were arrested for public toxification. people were hanging on every play at ireland's bar. it was growing as green bay scored first but then they were roaring when there was the big

run in the second half. >> got the best defense in the league and they are just -- they are on top of their game tonight. they are so pumped up. they are going to the super bowl. >> so the 49ers have made even stronger believers out of these already faithful fans. but there is an even bigger game looming next sunday and vern glen will have more highlights in a few minutes. the final hurdle has been cleared for the sharks to finally begin their season in san jose as well. the national hockey league players voted in favor of a player contractor, a new one that has officially ended the lockout for the season. this was going to be an abbreviated 48 game season. the sharks' first game in cal gahry one -- calgary one week from today. a local school being disinfected this weekend after dozens of students got sick in

could not croft -- could contra costa county. it includes vomiting, dire rae and -- diarrhea and stomach pain. classes will be held tomorrow, though. in the north bay, authorities in petaluma have identified the body of a man found in a recycling center. the sonoma county schaefers office says the body -- sheriff's office says the body was found by an employee early friday afternoon. investigators say there's no obvious signs of trauma to the body but they are calling the death suspicious. they say it looks as though the body was in the dumpster that was then emptyied into a recycling truck. an autopsy is expected on monday. among the bay area three biggest cities, san francisco had the most significant increase in homicides last year and yesterday a memorial walk was held in honor of those murder victims. there were 68 homicides in san

francisco last year, an increase of about 1/3 compared to the previous year. participants in the memorial walk carried crosses symbolizing each one of those killed. the walk was organized by a group affiliated with a local catholic archdiocese. and as the debate over gun control continues, big crowds and long lines filled the crossroads of the west gun show that closes today with an estimated crowd of 18,000 by the time the weekend is over. it was packed inside the cow palace. the demand was for all things gun related and it tipped unprecedented levels since lawmakers started talking about harsher gun and ammunition laws in the wake of the mass shootings like the one in sandy hook elementary school in connecticut last month. >> i live on a ranch. i have critters that i have to protect, i have a family i have to protect. >> because of california's 10 day waiting period no one walked out of the show with guns but they did walk away carrying boxes and boxes of

bullets. several types of ammunition sold out on just day one of the show. the pilot of a small plane managed to walk away unscathed from a mishap at san carlos airport. authorities say the 56-year-old pilot was flying from san luis obispo on business yesterday and didn't realize his landing gear was up until he hit the runway. he was the only person on board and wasn't injured. the airport had to be closed, though, until that plane could be moved. last week a small plane overshot the same runway also with no injuries. in international news today, troops from four african countries expected to arrive in the west african nation in mali to join in a battle against islamic extremists. hundreds of french soldiers began an operation on friday to push back the rebels. france is concerned about its safety of its citizens in mali as well as the danger the entire country could become a haven for al-qaeda. two days of fighting have left at least 11 civilians dead. in afghanistan seven

villagers died today as they tried to pull bodies from a mosque. overnight nato and afghan troops -- leading two a two- hour gun fire. in the morning residents found a mosque partly destroyed and as they were digging to get people back something exploded killing seven. it's possible a suicide vest on a dead insurgent had blown up. this morning's guests on face the nation is stanley mcchrystal and a look back and alook ahead -- a look ahead in the war of afghanistan. they will be discussion the secretary of defense and treasury. it is chilly outside. the unusual cold snap is starting to have an effect on the foods you eat. >> still to come, what the freezing temperatures could mean for some crops. and can california's deficit really become a budget surplus?

we are going to talk with state senator jerry hill live in studio about what seems to be a budget miracle. we have temperatures mostly in the 20s this morning in the inland valleys. freeze warnings posted but nevertheless we've got sun out there and a beautiful sunrise on the way for your sunday morning. we will have the forecast. first we will take a break.

citrus growers in the south save their crops. well, the cold weather plaguing california has citrus growers in the south scrambling to save their crops. >> that's right. and one kern county orchard they couldn't pick the oranges fast enough. one grower harvested only about 1/3 of his oranges before the temperatures plunged. his grove is a small part of call's -- california's $2 billion citrus economic but also an economic reality at work here. if the freeze destroys his crops he won't be able to

employ workers. it is freezing for sure. we are even looking at possible record breaking lows? what do you think? >> it is really going to get down there. they've got a hard freeze warning in the central valley and that is bad news for a lot of the growers. for us in the bay area, freeze warning, temperatures down in the 20s this morning, but out the door in about an hour and a half the numbers will recover to the 30s around the bay and inland. coast will be a little bit warmer than that, get ice on glass, not ice in glass around the bay with some ice on the windshield probably. freeze warning posted throughout the bay area and we will see that for the next couple of nights. in fact, tonight could be colder than it is this morning. so the numbers are really down there, 24 to 34 degrees, protect the plants and pets and good luck after that. it's 27 in concord right now, oakland has got 34, livermore at 26 and 29 degrees at san jose, in santa rosa right now it is 24 degrees so that is an icy bite to start out your

sunday morning. freezing temperatures again tonight, we will get more sun tomorrow. it's drier this morning, though. the winds are out of the northwest, the general flow is out of the northwest and that being a very low humidity direction, means there's not as much moisture in the air to form ice on the windshield and it will be warming up slowly but warming up next week. on the satellite, you can see on the time lapse here that northwesterly flow off the coast, big dome of high pressure in full command of the eastern pacific and this is as for how it usually goes. we had that series of storms and rain and a big low pressure trough that was carved out over the west coast for a while. things just moving away as you get a deep trough in the way and then a tall crest following it so we had that detrough of low pressure. it's followed by a big dome of high pressure and that's why for a while we are going to look for things to be sunny and chilly in the bay area and actually warming up at the end of next week. pinpoint forecast, 26 degrees in santa rosa tonight, 36 for a low in san francisco, san jose down to about 30 degrees, and

pinpoint forecast is calling for numbers to recover to the upper 40s and low 50s in the bay area, about the same as yesterday with pittsburgh at 49 degrees, 49 at fairfield, 49 at brentwood and 50 degrees at livermore, up in the north bay numbers will be near 50 degrees and in the extended forecast, tomorrow chilly and then as we extend it to out toward the latter half of the week, looking for numbers to be in the upper 50s instead of the low 50s, so the numbers recover but only recover about a degree a day, but a week from now, by next sunday, next monday, we will be back into the 60s in the bay area. we could be talking about a heatwave, for this time of year a heat way. that's it for weather. let's get the latest on what's happening in the state. >> on thursday goffger -- governor jerry brown declared the state will be back in the black. and the governor is projecting budget surpluses now through

2017. >> that's right. now, the legislature still has to come up with a revision in may. those are kind of the real numbers. these are the wish numbers. joining us now is state senator jerry hill who from the looks of things actually brought the budget with him. >> i wrought it -- >> a little light reading. >> we got it on thursday and it's been very interesting since then. >> okay. let's go back to the idea of this budget. we actually get two, this one is the one the governor sets out and that's his wish list. >> yes. >> that's where he wants the money to go and that's -- but the reality is we still have court decisions, we have fights over it and we have to find out by may whether the amount of taxes or revenues that he's projecting come in. you guys skeptical about his happy days are here again routine? >> well, you know, looking at the budget, have you ever driven in europe? you know the highway signs, the speed limits in europe it's considered over there philosophical concept. that's what we see with this budget. it is his idea and realistic. he's taking real numbers and kind of melding them into

something that will work. i think it's a good budget, realistic, balanced in the sense he's not spending as much money to pay back the short- term debt as he was projecting last year and that's how the budget is balanced and we will see how it plays out in the future. >> when you say melding it into something that will work, that translates for a lot of people into these budget tricks that end up to be a totally realistic budget in the end but we hear about all of these tricks. >> that's what we have seen in the past but this one is different because the numbers are -- you know, we are only talking about a billion dollars of deferrals or changes in the pay back of the debt but the real money is here because of the projections of income and the expenditures that are restricted from -- >> which could be more positive than they are going to actually end up to be. >> absolutely, absolutely. is there any structural change in this budget from past budgets? because what we have done before is sort of stopped paying different things, put workers on furlough, save money that way, short gap things.

do you see anything under jerry brown that changes the structural deficit of california? >> the good thing is, yes, he's paying back some of the debt we had. we had about 27 billion that was used and borrowed from special funds to balance a budget in the past. that he's paying back slowly and by 2016 it will be down from about 4 billion from 27. we are paying back some of the deferrals for schools, k through 12 education, we do that trick, pay in july where they owed them in june so you could get the savings for the previous year and that's in here too, paying back about $2 billion. >> that's what voters were sold on when they passed proposition 30 to raise taxes was the idea of more money going to education, does this fulfill that promise? >> it provides about $2.7 billion more -- the csu and uc system and that's where a lot of the support is and the governor made a contract. i think he has a contract with the voters and he's willing to live up to that, ask them for more resources, ask them for money and taxes and you got

that and he's not going to be irresponsible with that if we move forward. >> one thing i think is a little bit annoying to people is that -- and when we passed prop 30 is that it was doomsday. we were going to see duh coronaian -- draconian cuts and then we have a budget surplus. was that crying wolf then to get everybody to back that? >> no. this budget has $6 billion from that tax increase so without that $6 billion we would be short that amount of money. so we needed that money to balance the budget as the governor projected earlier that we will have a balanced budget if you pass the tax increase. >> we were in sacramento on monday when the legislature all got back together, a lot of new members up there. you couldn't recognize half of them. but there's also -- i already saw the lobbyists in the halls and there's going to be a pushback to start spending money again after the years of drought and that is going to be a challenge for you folks up

there. >> it certainly will be a challenge and i think the governor has resolved not to do that. he said it a number of times in his budget statement on thursday but there will be testing and some legislators will try to test the resolve of the governor by bringing forth proposals and some of them it's hard to say "no" especially with the 2/3 of the legislature democrats and i think some proposals will go through i believe and i have confidence that the governor will veto it at the end of the day. >> time for one last question. what do you see as the biggest fight this session in sacramento? >> well, the biggest fight last year was pension reform and workers' compensation. this year it's going to be education funding. >> who gets the money? >> who gets the money? right now we have winners and losings and at the end of the day we want to see winners and winners and not just different winners and losers and that's going to be the fight this year is over education funding. >> which districts get it? >> exactly, the governor has a proposal, he wants to find for those english learners and low income areas and that's going to be the issue because the

suburbs in many cases are -- they are funded differently and have a lot more money and not many people are willing to give it up. >> okay. always a tug-of-war when it comes to money. >> state senator jerry hill thank you for joining us this morning. the rain may have stopped for now but in one local neighborhood the effects still lingering. >> or sliding is what appears to be the case. the landmark building that could be on the way to a hillside.

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we are taking a live look in walnut creek. look at that frost. it is chilly outside. if you're waking up and heading out, definitely bring a jacket. i would say all the accessories as well, gloves, hats. it is really chilly. we are going to take a look at the numbers with brian in a few minutes. all this recent wet weather we have seen over the last several weeks, it's turning one bay area hillside into a landslide and that is threatening the lawrence berkeley lab. it's caused the evacuation of building 46, closing a stretch of mcmillan road and displacing 160 employees. the building is directly in the way of all that land coming down. several outside specialists including the u.s. geological survey are trying to stabilize the area until they are sure that building 46 is safe from danger. on the surface it seems like the impossible has come true. we were just talking about this

with jerry hill. governor brown latest budget plans suggest the state has gone from a deep deficit to a surplus. >> i discussed the budget with melissa griffin and former mayor and state assemblyman willie brown who knows a bit about the budget goings on in sacramento. their take on the change? >> he's going to have to restrain his friends and relatives from ruining the good feel that has come with his presence and he's going to probably have to rely upon the republicans and conservative democrats to be the coalition that keeps him in place. so the supermajority for jerry brown is highly overrated. he doesn't need it. but he does appear to have the support of the republicans. yesterday they were efuseive in the support of his budget compared to anybody, even compared to arnold

schwarzenegger's budget. >> he's the one that's going to stand between what the democrats want to spend and the republicans responsibility of fiscal responsibility. jerry brown and got prop 30 passed on his integrity. he put himself out there and put his name on it and basically said trust me with this money and now that voters have voted to give it over to him, republicans are going to be relying on him and so are moderate democrats to rein in the spending tense dances -- attendances of liberal democrats. >> are they part of his program as well? >> are you kidding? you don't think they spent all that money and all that effort to stand by and watch yesterday? no way. they intend now to be aggressive about trying to get california back being the golden state in every category and that clearly in some cases means spending more money for certain things. >> there's another thing that the governor has brought out to bring back california to its golden days. he wants to change regulations in the state. he wants to make it more

business friendly. in fact, he might even be trying to change some of the environmental rules. how do you see that playing with the democrats and the republicans? >> well, the republicans of course are going to be on board but this exposes one of those -- the main fissures that we are seeing emerge state wife, you have -- the fault lines are now between moderate democrats and more liberal democrats and that's going to be exposed in this effort. >> how do you see it going down where he says i'll spend more but you have to give me breaks in work rules and things that the business community wants? >> let me assure you again, the teachers association environmental movement and all those people that laid down their swords to come together to produce prop 30, to kill 32, they didn't do that to have things move in the direction that those two advocates that they had won would have taken

people. they really do want now to be aggressive about getting back to where they were when gray davis was in power. >> i don't think anybody believes this budget surplus is either going to materialize or last very long. the democrats have already come out and said they plan to restore funding to programs in addition to what's being restored in the brown proposal. >> do you think this budget deficit -- or i mean these golden days are going to last or is it going to be over by may? >> no, they will stick around for a while. you've got to understand he's got great blessings, 38 new members of an 80 member house are brand-new, they have no idea about anything and believe me, they will eventually emerge as the power in the halls of the legislature and they are going to be jerry brown aficionados until it comes time to run for reelection and that's two years. >> in other words egot a little bit of a window where everybody is happen -- happy, $6 billion extra to work with but things have a way of returning to the

way they were before and you can bet in sacramento the pressure is going to be on him. >> we will be following it for you. the 49ers headed for the national conference championship game for the second straight season. >> and vern glenn has the highlights from last night's game with the green bay packers. >> reporter: good morning. if you love the san francisco 49ers, then you are living a charmed life. the joint here at candlestick park was jumping last night at the expense of the green bay packers. hey, not only did colin rush for an nfl -- he shattered the record held by michael vick. he said we are going to run the ball and ride colin car dick -- caferdick. interception for a touchdown but he owned up to it, did get rattled and he was able to

respond. yeah, they were down 7-0 but come roaring back. nobody open? i'm going to start running. i'm not going to stop until i go 20 yards for a touchdown. he would rush for a league record 181 yards. here he is right here where they were tied at 24 and then he threw with his arm. 263 yards in the air, couple of touchdowns to michael crabtree, 45-31 car dick -- caferdick makes nfl history. >> it's a great accolade. offensive line did an amazing job, our receivers, tight ends, running backs are doing amazing jobs so they opened up a lot of lanes for us. >> seattle plays at atlanta later on. if seattle wins the nfc championship game will be right back here next weekend. if atlanta wins then the 49ers are going to have to get it done on the road. that's the story from candlestick park. back to you guys in the studio.

>> it is going to be exciting. friends and family bid a sad farewell to a bay area teenager. >> coming up, the latest on what may have led to the death of a petaluma girl in south lake tahoe. we will be right back.

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eyewitness news this morning. elation in the bay area as the 49ers advance to the next round of the nfl playoffs. and as we look live at heather farms park in walnut creek, there would be frost on the pumpkins if there were just pumpkins out there. it's a cold start to the bay area. we've got the forecast coming up. and a bay area school is being sterilized this weekend. what that means for students and classes tomorrow. welcome back to eyewitness news this morning. it's auto 01 -- 8:01. i'm phil matier. >> and i'm anne makovec. thank you for starting your day off with us. we will talk about some of the drama that erupted at the stadium coming up. >> that's right. we are also going to talk about some of the drama that may be unfolding in the weekends to -- weeks to come up in sacramento, there's more money up there, more money for education but now a war brewing between the governor and the legislature over how to spend that education dollars. >> we wouldn't expect any less than drama in sacramento. speaking of washington, d.c., we have a new congressman here in studio, eric swalwell

representing the bay area and we are going to hear from him about going into the lion's den so to speak with so many people rolling their eyes at congress right now. what's that like? we have a lot to talk about coming up. >> that's right. but first the top story. >> yeah, 49ers going to the nfc championship after beating the green bay packers last night at candlestick park in san francisco. >> the niners were down 7-0 early but came back with colin kaepernick running for 181 yards, an nfl record. a 56-yard dash to the end zone in the third quarter put the 49ers in front for good. the final score, 49ers 45, packers 31. during that big niner win san francisco police ejected 92 spectators from the stadium, another 25 were arrested for public intoxication. the people who did not see the game in person still were out there hanging on every play.

at ireland's in san francisco, there was groaning when green bay scored first but they recorder when colin kaepernick made his run in the second half. >> they are so pumped up. they are going to the super bowl. >> so the 49ers have made even stronger believers of their faithful fans but everyone knows there's an even bigger game looming next sunday. more good news for bay area sports fans. the final hurdle cleared for the sharks to finally begin their season. the nflal nhl -- the nhl players voted in favor of a labor contract officially ending the lockout that delayed the season for months. this is going to be an abbreviated 48 game season. the sharks' first game at cal gasry one week -- calgary a week from today. a norovirus outbreak is suspected of sickening dozens

of kids at a school in could not conteh county -- contra costa county and they are looking into how 90 students in lafayette got similar with -- got sick with similar systems to the norovirus. school officials say the campus is being disinfected this weekend and right now the plan is for classes to be held tomorrow. a public memorial for a teenager whose body was found in the snow in south lake tahoe drew hundreds of people to petaluma last night. many wore pink which was alissa burns' favorite color. they believe she grew impatient waiting for a bus and set out alone to walk to her hotel and took a wrong turn. her death is a warning to her friends to buddy up and not go off by themselves in unfamiliar places. authorities have identified the body found in a recycling center as that of a 30-year-old transient. luis gomez diaz was last seen

in santa rosa on thursday. his body was found by an employee early friday afternoon. there are no obvious signs of trauma but calling the death suspicious. they say it looks like the body was in a dumpster that was emptyied into a recycling truck. the autopsy is expected tomorrow. among the bay area's three biggest cities, san francisco had the most significant increase in homicides last year. and yesterday a memorial walk was held in honor of those murder victims. there were 68 homicides in san francisco in 2012. that's an increase of about 1/3 compared with the previous year. participants in the memorial walk carried crosses symbolizing each one of those killed. the walk was organized by a group affiliated with a local catholic archdiocese. and the crossroads of the west gun show hit record attendance in the bay area as thousands lined up. it will have an estimated 18,000 attendees by the time the weekend is over. yesterday it was packed inside the cow palace. the demand for all things gun

related has hit unprecedented levels since lawmakers started talking about stricter gun control laws in the wake of mass shootings like the one in sandy hook elementary school in connecticut last month. >> i live on a ranch. i have critters that i have to protect, i have the family i have to protect. >> because of california's 10 day waiting period no one walked out of the show with guns but many walked away carrying boxes and boxes of bullets. several types of ammunition sold out in just the first day of the show. today is the last day the show will be open until 4:00. >> yeah and i was out there yesterday speaking with the organizer. he said he expected a big crowd but had no idea how big of a crowd. 18,000. >> that's right, that's right. every time the issue of gun control comes in, boom, people show up. one lucky lady is waking up as miss america this morning. >> and still to come, the results of the best known pageant in the nation. also, one of the bay area's newest members of congress, we are going to speak with

representative eric swalwell and what it's like to be the new guy on the block known as capitol hill. >> probably warmer out there than it is here this morning. numbers in the 20s and parts of the bay area will be a cold slap in the face heading out but still a beautiful start to sunday morning, going to be a nice day and warmer temperatures ahead. stay tuned. i have evidence that proves my dad's a space alien. he speaks a weird language. [ gargling ] [ gargling ] he drinks

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ladies and gentlemen, your new miss america is miss new york. [ applause ] >> there she is, 23-year-old mallory hagan of brooklyn won the miss america crown last night in las vegas after responding to a question about armed guards in schools, she says that she opposed fighting violence with violence. miss south carolina aly rogers took second place. major spoiler alert on that because i have that on my dvr. speaking of spoiler alerts, i got to give brian some props because yesterday he accurately predicted the outcome of the 49ers game. >> and you didn't believe him. >> i didn't. i thought it was overreaching. >> i think it went a little bit beyond not believing me so actually anne makovec said you

have destroyed your credibility. >> i did. and now actually i have in turn destroyed my own. >> if you don't mind, if i could have you follow along and read this for me, a little script for you. >> can i just eat crow instead? >> no, repeat after me. dear brian. >> dear brian. >> how wrong i was. >> how wrong i was. >> how right you were. >> okay. i'm done, brian. give us the weather forecast. >> i shall never question your amazing capacity for prediction? >> until the next time you screw up the forecast. [ laughter ] >> you got a different script than i do. >> you wrote it. >> maybe it's a good time to go to the numbers right now. >> yeah. >> around the bay area we are looking at readings mostly in the 20s in some of the coast parts in the bay area and as we look live out there, boy, there is frost, there's ice on the windshield and it's a cold start to your sunday morning. look at that, the numbers are in the mid-20s out there.

that's heather farms park in walnut creek and that's the way it looks around much of the bay area this morning. there's just the ice and frost out there and no wonder with readings like this, 26 degrees in -- 28 degrees at livermore, it's as you see near 30 degrees out there in walnut creek. for the rest of the bay area we are looking at 25 degrees in santa rosa, san jose got 30 degrees, oakland got 35 degrees. beautiful start to the morning, freezing temperatures again tonight. more sunshine tomorrow. it will be warmer next week, not dramatically warmer but the numbers will be coming up a little bit as that big chill eases up a all-- easing up, all the rain confined to the pacific northwest. big dome of high pressure out in the eastern pacific will keep us high and dry and on the futurecast this is a model of what the atmosphere is going to look like today. you can see any cloudiness such as it is it confined offshore in the bay area and over us nothing but sun today. temperatures warming in the bay

area, not much over yesterday. if you're headed out of the bay area, sunshine from here to eureka. 53 degrees down in monterey. overnight lows, 26 for san jose, 27 -- santa rosa, 27 at napa. forecast highs for today, near 50 degrees, about the same as yesterday, lots of sun around and lots of sun will continue to be the theme for the rest of the week in the bay area. sunshine all the way through next weekend and temperatures warming about a degree a day until by next weekend we will almost get to a high of 60 degrees in the bay area and then by next sunday we will probably top it so stay tuned, things will be warming up. that's the weather. here's a look at the latest from washington. >> that's right. >> thanks, brian. eric swalwell of dublin the new guy on capitol hill, unseating long time representative pete stark. >> the former assistant da now turned congressman joins us.

you've been back there. how are things starting off. bob schaffer called you yet? >> we want to make sure we do everything to help the economy grow and continue to bring down unemployment so i've got my offices open in the district, offices opened in washington and ready to work. >> were you upset -- you upset the apple cart when you took on pete stark and much of the democrat establishment in congress was behind him. resentments lingering? any problems out there with you coming on? >> no. last week i was asked by the democrat leadership to be an assistant whip. i will be assisting the house leadership in growing our middle class, making sure our economy continues to grow. i'm excited to do that. i bring experience from having been a local city council member and also a courtroom prosecutor and i think especially when we talk about reasonable gun safety measures, i have been a big supporter of that and i've already been working with my freshmen

colleagues to take measures to protect the sacred amendment but -- second amendment but reduce gun violence in america. >> gun violence obviously a very hot topic in congress. what is it like to just walk into something like that, a debate that's already been going on for a long time being the new kid on the block? >> well, for me all i'm asking in congress and what i'm supporting is a bill that asks the rest of the country to follow what california already bans which is assault weapons and magazines with capacity beyond 10 rounds. so people in california will not be affected. we just think that the rest of the country should have to have that same type of law. >> is it difficult to get credibility, though, walking in as the new guy and trying to, you know, pass something like that? >> there's 84 new members of congress, about 45 on the left is democrats and 39 republicans and so what we want to do, we see ourselves as problem solvers. so we've done a number of weeks of orientation, i've reached across the aisle, i've made friends on both sides and i think that we both feel this new charge from the people who

elected us that we can't just do it the same old way because that's not going to work anymore. >> no. everybody is over it. the approval rating of congress is really dismal. >> why would you want to join a group that is -- what was it? they are lower cockroaches in the polling? >> i didn't know it was that high. >> but it is, i mean, your assistant da, city council person, you had a good life going. this is going to have you back in washington monday to friday and then hopping the red eye back to the east bay and then turning around and hopping back, nonstop and then getting reelected every two years. it's not exactly a great job. >> well, this is an area i know well, i grew up here and i want nothing but the best for the people who i grew up with. my father was a police officer and served locally and so that sense of service and going into the lion's den which i understand, it's a lion's den but i think an avalanche takes a snowball and i can go back there, find people on the other side of the aisle and work to grow our economy, reduce our

debt, get our spending under control and i'm up for the job and ready to get to work. >> what's the vibe like back there? >> there is this vibe among our freshmen class that we are sent there to solve problems and i really do sense on both sides right and left, that what we just saw happen at the end of 2012 with the fiscal cliff, that that cannot be repeated. that was an absolute disaster and we have to come out of that united. >> okay. quick question. we talked about gun control. what is your other top issue as you head into the next session? >> my top issue is not gun safety measures. it's actually growing the local economy. i'm on the science committee and on the homeland security committee and lawrence livermore laboratory, they are our largest employer in the district and i want to get business and government on the same page, enable government research to create private sector jobs because i think technology is actually -- allows us to work in a bipartisan way because it knows no party. the way we communicate today is through our mobile devices and

our ipads, our notebooks and so let's use technology, create new jobs, move forward. >> smart move. he's on the homeland security and tech committee and he's going to get the money for lawrence livermore lab which is in this district, politics 101, welcome to it congressman. >> thank you. >> congratulations. thanks for being here. we will be right back. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke...

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a little more about governor brown's budget plan which he says he will leave california with a -- which will leave california with a budget surplus. >> in this case there could be a tug-of-war evolving over those dollars and that's why we sat down with former state assembly leader willie brown and melissa griffin from the san francisco examiner and to see our political insiders

about education. i started asking melissa if california is completely out of hot water yet as far as education goes. >> absolutely not. there's still a lot of fighting to be done before we get a final budget. the brown administration admitted that it made some very interesting assumptions when it created this budget. it was created before we tackled the fiscal cliff in d.c. it was created before fourth quarter tax returns came in. it makes a lot of assumptions that may or may not pan out. as we know, every year we get a budget and then it is sometimes billions off of mark later when all the numbers come in. >> one thing i wanted to ask you is that it's happy now and as melissa points out we still have these other financial assumptions but have you seen any change fundamentally in how california spends its money? is it still sustainable or are we still overreaching? >> no. totally sustainable. and believe me, there clearly needs to be some additional money spent in k through 12.

you really do need to do something about the gap that's being created between the end product of a kid in public school in california and in other states and one time we were in the top 10. we are now in the lower 40s and that's not good. so they are going to have to do something about that and with these resources they can. >> but with these resources comes the governor's idea of taking some of the money, a good portion of the money and putting it to low performing schools, poor schools and places where the kids don't speak english. that's going to pit urban and rural districts against suburban districts, isn't it? >> of course. and they already are pitted against each other for various kinds of resources. rural districts tend to be more right leaning and -- looks as if he's repaying some of his political allies even though that might not actually be underpinning. >> where do you think that plays out? because that's going to be a big tug-of-war in you says you

suburbs you get enough money, they are voters and they spend money on their schools and they are not going to be happy with the state taking it away. >> reality they don't have the numbers. the population in this state has shifted towards the world of urban and believe me, every urban dweller is going to look out for the people in the urban area and those are where the low performing schools are located and they are going to get the assistance they need. they will draft the formula in such a way that it doesn't appear to be sectional. it's going to follow the student of the school on the bases of a need so if you're in fresno and you got a low performing school you're going to be as eligible as if you were in south central los angeles for that assistance. that legislator is going to be conflicted. his rule status will be challenged in terms of whether or not he joins with los angeles to get money for that

low performing school. >> do you think california will ever figure out how to spend its education dollars? seems to be two debates we don't have enough and when we do, we are not spending it right. >> trying to understand the formula that they use to even determine how much money is going to schools is a ph.d. requirement. i can't -- there might be three people who -- >> never seems to end. >> but look at our own situation. our community college for one example, you will have to address the needs of community colleges. san francisco's community college is an example of an institution that can't seem to get its act together even though it has. dollars equal to community college dollars any other place. we are almost about to be without accreditation because we are misspending it, all those changes -- >> i think we are going to have to close on that one. that is a great vote of confidence. >> answer, no, we will never get it together. >> well, there are going to be a lot of critical eyes on education funding this time

around, that's what prop 30 was sold on. >> that's right and i think one of the compromises might be they will set a certain level of funding for all the schools and any money above that might go to the more harder pressed but even then that's going -- there's going to be a fight because everybody is feeling hard-pressed. we will be right back.

it is 8:26 and it is chilly out there. >> it is indeed. and temperatures have plunged into the 20s through parts of the bay area this morning and we got a freeze warning posted. it's going to be just as cold tonight. the extended forecast, though, shows we are going to be able to dig out of this by the end of the week. numbers warming about a degree a day between now and next weekend and a lot of sun around today but through 9:00 this morning the numbers will be below freezing through many of the inland valleys and there's going to be frost and all of that stuff around today and tomorrow and probably on

tuesday morning. after that, we will begin to warm up enough to get out of this. >> not looking forward to seeing my pg&e bill after this week. >> that's right. a lot of heating going on out there. we've got a surprise celebration in an unusual setting, a minor league hockey game in minnesota. >> air force captain nathan lagger has been away from his wife and kids for three months. on friday night there was a big surprise. he traded in his fatigues for a hockey uniform, surprised his family. they were really excited. warm welcome, obviously, for that service member. i love those stories. >> there you go. thanks for joining us this morning. "face the nation" coming up next here on cbs5. >> don't forget our local news continues on the cw station that starts moments from now on channel 44, cable 12. mornings in the bay area. wake up with more, more traffic

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>> schieffer: today on face the nation, the president won the election but the partisan split remains over just about everything. the president made it official. we're speeding up our withdrawal from afghanistan. >> by the end of next year, 2014 the transition will be complete. afghans will have full responsibility for their security and this war will come to a responsible end. >> schieffer: or will terrorists return when american forces leave. that was only one argument that walked the capitol. republicans lined up to criticize the president's choices for defense the c.i.a. and even the treasury department. democrats said where's the diversity. the two sides were no closer than ever on deficit reduction. all that was as a showdown on gun control looms after the new shooting. >> the